State v. Roberts

Citations

• 66 Wash. 503
• 119 P. 836
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 793

Syllabus

<p>Rape — Corroboration—Evidence—Sufficiency. In a prosecution for rape, the testimony of the prosecutrix that she was violently assaulted by the defendant is not sufficiently corroborated, where she allowed the defendant to escort her home, invited him in and entertained him at luncheon with her mother, without making any complaint, the only corroboration being the testimony of her mother that when they arrived her dress was pulled out of her belt, hair on sideways, and “their faces pretty red on one side” (Fullerton, J., dissenting).</p>